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4 of 5 Stars
It's always a risk to go back and watch something you enjoyed when you were younger. Your tastes change as you grow up (or you actually develop a sense of taste). There are some cartoons and movies I refuse to watch because I want to remember liking them. Sometimes they work out(ex: Real Genius). Sometimes they don't (ex: Something Wicked This Way Comes).
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Edward Scissorhands still holds up: The contrast between the inventor's mansion and the pseudo-50s achingly "normal" suburbia, Danny Elfman's fairy-tale music, the neighborhood's curiosity, then acceptance, then ultimate rejection of this strange visitor, Peg's determination to make things work out, Kim's slow realization that her boyfriend isn't a very nice guy, and that this scary blade-handed stranger is, the cop's efforts to smooth things over---all with Tim Burton's distinctive quirky style.
(Re-watched in the theater as part of a "flashback features" series.)
— Kelson Vibber, 2005-12-28